By Ben Rossi – Staff Reporter

The holiday movie “Home Alone 2:Lost In New York” directed by Chris Columbus and starring Macaulay Culkin, is the sequel to the 1990 film “Home Alone.” Although the first film gets more of the fame “Home Alone 2: Lost In New York” serves as a perfect sequel to the first film and is just as funny and iconic. 

When his family goes on a vacation to Florida, 12-year-old Kevin McCallister gets lost in an airport and accidentally boards a plane to New York City.  When the plane lands Kevin soon realizes that he has made a huge mistake and is stuck alone in New York City. Left alone in a big city with his dad’s credit cards and his Talkboy voice recorder Kevin finds himself tangled up with the same bandits from the first film who plan to rob Duncan’s Toy Chest. Duncan’s Toy Chest is a toy store that plans to donate their earnings to the local orphanage. Kevin is forced to use his wits and clever traps to save the toy store and prevent the robbers from taking away Christmas for those in need.

“Home Alone 2: Lost In New York” is a family movie that brings laughs to any viewer. For example, Kevin decides to use his dad’s credit card to stay at a very fancy hotel where he buys tons of room service and rides in limos. Kevin also goes to several iconic tourist attractions in New York City such as the Twin Towers, Times Square, and Central Park.  While this movie is mostly a comedy it ends with a heartwarming reunion between Kevin and his family.

This film shows how family is the most important thing in life and that no matter what happens your family will always be there for you.  This is shown throughout the film because Kevin starts out very happy to be alone and enjoys not having parents to tell him what to do.  This changes towards the end of the film because Kevin realizes that even though his family may annoy him they love him and without them he is nothing.  Kevin is seen towards the end of the film in Rockefeller Center where he is very sad until his mom shows up and he runs to her with joy.

“Home Alone 2: Lost In New York” is the perfect sequel and gives viewers laughs while teaching them to love and cherish their time with family.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars